Few new Acer, Asus netbooks may come before 2010
We might just catch a short break from the crazed pace of new Eee PC launches, according to DigiTimes. The site quotes "industry sources" who claim that, since Intel has pushed back its Pine Trail platform to early 2010, both Asus and Acer will leave their netbook lines largely...
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AMD announces new FirePro card, CrossFire Pro tech
Close to a year on from the release of its FirePro V8700, AMD has launched a new workstation graphics card that's even more powerful—and more expensive. The new FirePro V8750 looks to be based on the same architecture as its older brother, because it also has 800 stream...
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Tuesday Shortbread
Tuesday Engadget reports mom installs 98" screen in son's bedroom ceiling, deservedly garners award recognition Time Warner buys Google's stake in AOL for $283 million DSLReports: Sprint to buy Virgin Mobile USA Microsoft retail store pitch: Whither PCTV? TSMC will make chipsets for Intel: report DigiTimes: No new...
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Some Verizon users get free Wi-Fi hot spot access
Good news, Verizon customers: you might be more likely to enjoy free Wi-Fi next time you hit the road. Verizon has announced a free, country-wide Wi-Fi service for users of its FiOS and DSL services—at least, some of them. Here's the skinny, straight from the official announcement blog post: ...
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Mozilla toys with Chrome-like, tabs-on-top interface mockup
If last week's Firefox 3.7 interface mockups merely took cues from Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 8, then some of the latest Firefox 4.0 mockups espouse the Chrome look pretty much completely. Check out these two concepts from Mozilla designer Stephen Horlander:
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95W version of Phenom II X4 945 materializes
AMD's second-fastest Phenom II has gone on a diet. Well, that's one way to put it. When AMD launched the Phenom II X4 945 in April, that processor had the same 125W thermal envelope as its high-end quad-core counterparts. Now, a 95W version has appeared in AMD's CPU comparator...
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AMD looks to be back in Dell's good graces
Is AMD recovering lost ground in Dell's PC lineup? Things are looking that way, according to the Austin American-Statesman. The paper points to the Inspiron 546, which it describes as "the first mainstream desktop model featuring AMD processors that Dell has highlighted on its Web site in 18 months." A...
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JPR: Second quarter was great for GPU makers
Graphics processor makers had a good quarter in Q2. The latest estimates from Jon Peddie Research suggest shipments climbed by a whopping 31.3% between the first and second quarters of this year, far beyond the eight-year average of 0.83%. (Q2 shipments have actually been down most years this decade.) JPR...
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GlobalFoundries breaks ground in New York State
Right on schedule, GlobalFoundries broke ground for its new manufacturing fab in the Luther Forest Technology Campus, Saratoga County, New York last Friday. Known as Fab 2, the 300-mm-wafer-capable facility should start cranking out wafers in volume in three years. GlobalFoundries now says it expects to "ramp at the...
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GeForce GTS 240 quietly debutsآ—for prebuilts only
Nvidia graphics cards aimed squarely at prebuilt systems seem to be multiplying lately. Those 40nm desktop GeForces that came out earlier this month fit that description, as does the GeForce GTS 240 that has quietly appeared on Nvidia's website. The GeForce GTS 240 looks like a hybrid of the...
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WD unleashes 1TB mobile hard drive
Solid-state drives may be getting cheaper and faster all the time, but the mechanical world isn't stagnating, either. Earlier this morning, Western Digital said it has begun shipping a 2.5" mobile hard drive with a capacity of...
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European Windows 7 users may get browser ballot screen
In North America, Windows 7 will come pre-loaded with Internet Explorer 8, no questions asked. In Europe, things are still up in the air. Microsoft initially planned to sell a browser-free version of Win7 exclusively in the EU, but it's come up with a new scheme that would involve a...
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Monday Shortbread
Monday NordicHardware: Phenom II X4 945 - 95W available and AMD RV8xx yields are better than RV740 Bright Side of News on GlobalFoundries: Is America back in tech? Expreview reports GeForce GTS 240 enters the OEM channel Fudzilla reports WD launches 1TB 2.5" drive Engadget reports RIM...
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Intel's second-generation X25-M solid-state drive
Intel has updated its X25-M SSDs with new 34nm flash chips, tweaks to reduce latency and speed random write performance, much lower prices, and the promise of TRIM support for Windows 7. We've tested the gen-two drive against its peers, and the results speak for themselves.
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The TR Podcast 47: Two sneak peeks, what's next for physical media, and Wall Street for gamers
In this week's episode, we bring you sneak previews of two upcoming pieces: Scott's 11.6" netbook showdown and Geoff's review of the new 34nm Intel SSDs. Also, we discuss the merits of flash vs. optical storage, gamers investing in games, and more.
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